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Nicolaes Witsen and SHIPBUILDING in the Dutch Golden Age by A.J. Hoving...
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a great book written by one of our members @Ab Hoving
Here the book review we have in our forum:

Book review - Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age" by A. J. Hoving

Book Review: Nicolaes Witsen and Shipbuilding in the Dutch Golden Age by A. J. (AB) Hoving Translated by Alan Lemmers Foreword by André Wegener Sleeswyk With an Appendix by Diederick Wildeman Gebundene Ausgabe: 310 Seiten Verlag: Texas A&M University Press; Auflage: New (15. April 2012)...
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Ho Ho Ho

I got my copy of the

La MAHONESA​

34-gun Spanish frigates - 1789​

by Adrian Sorolla
published by ancre

a planset review of this french version will follow during the holidays
- the english version will follow in February 2022 when I receive it

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La MAHONESA 34-gun Spanish frigates - 1789 - Ancre

The Mahonesa was a 34 12-pdrs frigate built at Mahon by the engineer Honorat de Bouyon. 176 color pages and 29 plates at 1/48 scale. Available
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A member of the Dutch forum asked if I was interested in the book 'Down to the Sea, The Fishing Schooners of Gloucester', by Joseph E. Garland:
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But of course!.
That's where some American opponents come from who competed in The Fishermen's Races, to which the Bluenose also owes its fame.
Geographical location of Gloucester and Lunenburg, inside cover:
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Content:
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A beautiful book with more than 160 photos.
Regards, Peter
 
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FIRST RATE "The Greatest Warship of the Age of Sail" by Rif Winfield​

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For everybody interested in our book review, please take a look:

Book review - Book Review: "FIRST RATE: The Greatest Warships of the Age of Sail" by Rif Winfield

FIRST RATE: The Greatest Warships of the Age of Sail By Rif Winfield Product details Hardcover: 160 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press (October 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 1591142644 ISBN-13: 978-1591142645 Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 1 x 12.2 inches Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds...
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FIRST RATE: The Greatest Warships of the Age of Sail
By Rif Winfield

In general the publication is of the best quality, high quality drawings and illustrations and beautiful reproductions of paintings and photographs of models. If you intent to look for a book for detailed research, the book is not fulfilling this request. It is a good read, a beautiful book to get a very good impression of this time and the type of ships…..the big First Rates! For this intention, I highly recommend this book.
 
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JOHN PAUL JONES and THE BONHOMME RICHARD by JEAN BOUDRIOT
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For everybody interested in our book review, please take a look:

Book review - Book Review: "JOHN PAUL JONES and the BONHOMME RICHARD, A Reconstruction of the Ship and an Account of the Battle With HMS Serapis" by Jean Boudriot

Book Review: JOHN PAUL JONES and the BONHOMME RICHARD, A Reconstruction of the Ship and an Account of the Battle With HMS Serapis by Jean Boudriot Translated by David H. Roberts Hardcover: 127 pages Publisher: Naval Institute Press; 1st edition (November 1, 1987) Language: English...
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JOHN PAUL JONES and the BONHOMME RICHARD,
A Reconstruction of the Ship and an Account of the Battle With HMS Serapis
by Jean Boudriot
Translated by David H. Roberts

unfortunately in moment sold out and not available at ancre
 
...and today the book has arrived. It was less than 2 weeks, I was really surprised. This is a very good book, highly recommended. Now, I have to learn german :cool: This is more than just a textbook. It does contain images on each page. But if I need to translate, I will use my phone. It works pretty well.

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Jimsky said:
...and today the book has arrived. It was less than 2 weeks, I was really surprised. This is a very good book, highly recommended. Now, I have to learn german :cool: This is more than just a textbook. It does contain images on each page. But if I need to translate, I will use my phone. It works pretty well.

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It is very good book - definitely
BTW: I can see, that you ordered the book from Germany - Is he a private or professional? Maybe an interesting contact - so do you know, which other books he could offer?
 
Uwek said:
It is very good book - definitely
BTW: I can see, that you ordered the book from Germany - Is he a private or professional? Maybe an interesting contact - so do you know, which other books he could offer?
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I bought this book from eBay (Germany) and honestly don't know if he is a professional or privatecollector, nor do I know what other books he can offer. I will find out.
 
shipphotographer.com said:

Historic Ship Models by Wolfram zu Mondfeld​

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I can not recommend this book highly enough, especially for beginners. It's one of the best books for learning terminology because the pictures show you exactly what the item is. Anyone building square rigged ships should have this in their library! It's not expensive, and has more information packed in that many other books. Thanks for the review, Olha !

Historic Ship Models on Amazon
 
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As my next build is to be Kolderstok's Statenjacht 1678 I recently purchased this book as a reference for the upcoming build.
The book covers the reconstruction of the Statenjacht Utrecht in 1997. Ab Hoving (editor), Cor Emke (plans). The book has 175 pages with 13 excellent plan sheets.
Having just begun reading I can say it was well researched and documented and I'm really enjoying reading it. Numerous photos of the interior will be invaluable.
I only hope my build will do it justice. The takeaway thus far is those that of wealth in that time period did travel quite nicely.
I've included some of the book's pictures however, my taking pictures of pictures from the book doesn't do them well. The books pictures are of excellent quality.


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From the great Room


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Definitely have to include the Secreet in my build.



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The cozy fireplace


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These two pictures are classed as sacrilege by one of the SOS builders. ;)I guess modern times require certain items
The engine control panel. I will not be building the “Modern” version.

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Ugh, the prop
 
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As my next build is to be Kolderstok's Statenjacht 1678 I recently purchased this book as a reference for the upcoming build.
The book covers the reconstruction of the Statenjacht Utrecht in 1997. Ab Hoving (editor), Cor Emke (plans). The book has 175 pages with 13 excellent plan sheets.
Having just begun reading I can say it was well researched and documented and I'm really enjoying reading it. Numerous photos of the interior will be invaluable.
I only hope my build will do it justice. The takeaway thus far is those that of wealth in that time period did travel quite nicely.
I've included some of the book's pictures however, my taking pictures of pictures from the book doesn't do them well. The books pictures are of excellent quality.


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From the great Room


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Definitely have to include the Secreet in my build.



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The cozy fireplace


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These two pictures are classed as sacrilege by one of the SOS builders. ;)I guess modern times require certain items
The engine control panel. I will not be building the “Modern” version.

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Ugh, the prop
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Our friend @Ab Hoving will be very happy to see, that you bought this interesting book - I am looking forward to see your project growing
 
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